David Maddox (composer, lyricist) has created six works of musical theatre in collaboration with Mary Hall Surface: Sing Down the Moon, Perseus Bayou, Mississippi Pinocchio, The Nightingale (a dance-theatre work, commissioned by the Kennedy Center); Gandhara (also commissioned by the Kennedy Center); and The Odyssey of Telemaca. David is also the composer of Steak!, a country-western musical about cattle-rustling vegetarians and scores for film. David has produced scores and sound designs for more than 100 theatre productions across the United States, including Nijinsky's Last Dance, for which he won a Helen Hayes Award for Sound Design. David has received thirteen Helen Hayes Award nominations in four different categories (Best New Play, Best New Musical, Music Direction, and Sound Design) and has released six albums of original music, including the award-winning Original Cast Albums of Sing Down the Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales and Perseus Bayou: The Search for the Cajun Medusa.
